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Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Best Quality Kitchen Knives
- Thread starter SnagBoat
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Yep you're right, it's much less work if you touch up often! Use a steel on them every day which only takes a few seconds; Then once in a while touch them up on an abrasive. The difference between good steel and soft steel is the frequency of the abrasive sharpening.
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I totally agree with North Arm Knives. To check the quality of steel is very important before selecting any knife. I too agree on a point mentioned by Benuser that "Japanese blades are much lighter than their German counterparts, so a longer Japanese knife will feel very different from a German one of the same length " . I think Japanese knives are very good in all aspects compared to the German ones. I usually prefer Japanese knives over German knives.
You've asked the equivalent of - what kind of car should I buy.
Best answer -for both - Buy what you like.
Lots of factors to consider.
Use - I guess for basic home cooking right.
I'm in the I know what I like but not sure what I need category - equivalent to I like a formula one car and a Porsche and a truck. But practically speaking I drive a 4 wheel drive SUV.
Quality steel- yes. But the expensive extra sharp japan knives can chip for the inexperienced.
Feel - heavy workhorse, Germans. Light and Surgical sharpness, Japanese.
One or a set ?
Aesthetics ?
Use- all around or mainly veg or meat or breads etc...
Most might agree from a value / workhorse standpoint - hard to beat set of victorinox. I haven't used them.
I own a cutco set and a couple other good knives. And lots of inexpensive ones.
Cutco are good looking - fairly good steel - and bulletproof. But we tend to use our other 5 inch santoku and 6 in chef knives knives. One ceramic and the rest couldn't tell you but those are all cheap and need sharpening too often.
Too be fair we've had cutcos 10 yrs. and dishwasher hasn't ruined one yet.
My next purchase - a Japanese santoku. A henkels santoku too. And maybe a set of Miyabi morimoto - they have Japanese edges/angles for sharpness but not brittle expensive steel. Some versions come with German steel -I think. Depending what version - sur la table or bed bath or online etc.. They look great - black with red liners. Those are For next to the cutcos set.
I also want a custom kitchen knife too - a santoku.
And I just started making knives too so I'm really learning allot about - the "best" is really a broad statement when it comes to knives. And cars
.
Best answer -for both - Buy what you like.
Lots of factors to consider.
Use - I guess for basic home cooking right.
I'm in the I know what I like but not sure what I need category - equivalent to I like a formula one car and a Porsche and a truck. But practically speaking I drive a 4 wheel drive SUV.
Quality steel- yes. But the expensive extra sharp japan knives can chip for the inexperienced.
Feel - heavy workhorse, Germans. Light and Surgical sharpness, Japanese.
One or a set ?
Aesthetics ?
Use- all around or mainly veg or meat or breads etc...
Most might agree from a value / workhorse standpoint - hard to beat set of victorinox. I haven't used them.
I own a cutco set and a couple other good knives. And lots of inexpensive ones.
Cutco are good looking - fairly good steel - and bulletproof. But we tend to use our other 5 inch santoku and 6 in chef knives knives. One ceramic and the rest couldn't tell you but those are all cheap and need sharpening too often.
Too be fair we've had cutcos 10 yrs. and dishwasher hasn't ruined one yet.
My next purchase - a Japanese santoku. A henkels santoku too. And maybe a set of Miyabi morimoto - they have Japanese edges/angles for sharpness but not brittle expensive steel. Some versions come with German steel -I think. Depending what version - sur la table or bed bath or online etc.. They look great - black with red liners. Those are For next to the cutcos set.
I also want a custom kitchen knife too - a santoku.
And I just started making knives too so I'm really learning allot about - the "best" is really a broad statement when it comes to knives. And cars
.